What does KICK mean?
Definitions for KICK
kɪkkick
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word KICK.
Princeton's WordNet
kick, boot, kickingnoun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
"he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun
the swift release of a store of affective force
"they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
recoil, kicknoun
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawknoun
informal terms for objecting
"I have a gripe about the service here"
kicknoun
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
"a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"
kick, kickingverb
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
"the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
kickverb
drive or propel with the foot
kickverb
thrash about or strike out with the feet
kickverb
strike with the foot
"The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"
kickverb
kick a leg up
kick back, recoil, kickverb
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
"The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
kick, give upverb
stop consuming
"kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
kickverb
make a goal
"He kicked the extra point after touchdown"
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetchverb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
GCIDE
Kickverb
To evict or remove from a place or position, usually with out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out of the apartment for making too much noise.
Kickverb
(Sport) To score (goals or points) by kicking; as, they kicked three field goals in the game.
Kickverb
To discontinue; -- usually used of habitual activities; as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.
Kickverb
(Football) To make a kick as an offensive play.
Kickverb
To complain strenuously; to object vigorously.
Kickverb
To resist.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Kicknoun
A blow with the foot.
Etymology: from the verb.
What, are you dumb? Quick, with your answer, quick,
Before my foot salutes you with a kick. John Dryden, Juvenal.To KICKverb
To strike with the foot.
Etymology: kauchen, German; calco, Latin.
He must endure and digest all affronts, adore the foot that kicks him, and kiss the hand that strikes him. South.
It anger’d Turenne once upon a day,
To see a footman kick’d that took his pay. Alexander Pope.Another, whose son had employments at court, that valued not, now and then, a kicking or a caning. Jonathan Swift.
To Kickverb
To beat the foot in anger or contempt.
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, which I have commanded? 1 Sa. ii. 29.
Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Deutr. xxxii. 15.
The doctrines of the holy Scriptures are terrible enemies to wicked men, and this is that which makes them kick against religion, and spurn at the doctrines of that holy book. John Tillotson.
Wikipedia
Kick
A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This type of attack is used frequently by hooved animals as well as humans in the context of stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as capoeira, kalaripayattu, karate, kickboxing, kung fu, MMA, Muay thai, pankration, pradal serey, savate, sikaran, silat, taekwondo, vovinam, and Yaw-Yan. Kicks are a universal act of aggression among humans. Kicking is also prominent from its use in many sports, especially those called football. The best known of these sports is association football, also known as soccer.
ChatGPT
kick
Kick is a verb that generally refers to the action of striking or hitting something with one's foot or a movement resembling that. It could also refer to a sudden forceful impact, jolt or movement. As a noun, it denotes the act of kicking, a sudden forceful effect or the recoil of a gun when discharged. The term can also be used in various contexts such as sports, games, or even to describe a strong flavor in food or beverages.
Webster Dictionary
Kickverb
to strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog
Kickverb
to thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn
Kickverb
to recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc
Kicknoun
a blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot
Kicknoun
the projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife
Kicknoun
a projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick
Kicknoun
the recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged
Etymology: [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
Wikidata
Kick
In combat sports and hand-to-hand combat, a kick is a physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee. This type of attack is used frequently, especially in stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Karate, Pankration, Kung fu, Vovinam, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Silat, and Kalarippayattu. Kicks are also used for kicking objects such as balls, books etc. If a human uses a kick in sport, it would most likely be used for kicking an object into a goal such as kicking a soccer ball into a goal and so on.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Kick
kik, v.t. to hit with the foot.—v.i. to thrust out the foot with violence: to show opposition or resistance: (of a gun) to recoil violently (see also Bullet): (print.) to work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.—n. a blow with the foot: the turn of kicking the ball at football, the person who kicks or kicks off: the recoil of a gun: (slang) fashion.—adj. Kick′able.—ns. Kick′er, one who kicks, esp. a horse; Kick′-off, the first kick in a game of football; Kick′-up, a disturbance.—Kick over the traces, to throw off control; Kick, or Strike, the beam, to rise, as the lighter scale of a balance, so as to strike against the beam—hence to be of little weight or importance; Kick the bucket (see Bucket); Kick up a dust or row, to create a disturbance.—Drop kick, a kick made as the ball, dropped from the hand, rebounds from the ground; Place kick, a kick made when the ball is lying on the ground. [M. E. kiken—W. cicio, to kick, Gael. ceig.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
kick
1. [IRC] To cause somebody to be removed from a IRC channel, an option only available to channel ops. This is an extreme measure, often used to combat extreme flamage or flooding, but sometimes used at the CHOP's whim. 2. To reboot a machine or kill a running process. “The server's down, let me go kick it.”
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
kick
The springing back of a musket when fired. Also, the violent recoil by which a carronade is often thrown off the slide of its carriage. A comparison of excellence or novelty; the very kick.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
kick
To recoil;—said of a musket, piece of ordnance, and the like.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KICK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Kick is ranked #20884 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Kick surname appeared 1,262 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Kick.
96.5% or 1,219 total occurrences were White.
1.3% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.8% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KICK' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3029
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KICK' in Nouns Frequency: #2094
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'KICK' in Verbs Frequency: #507
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of KICK in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of KICK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of KICK in a Sentence
When a child's mind begins to wander because of something you (the teacher) have said, wander with it. When it begins to wander because of nothing you said, kick yourself in the posterior and say something worth wandering about!
They’re stuck there, they can’t move, they can’t let their natural instincts kick in for them, lots of times when people become dog owners they think, ‘oh they’re a dog, they can sustain, do whatever.’ But they’re not educated for the summer weather, the fall, the spring, the winter, and we run into these problems.
There are reward systems in the brain. It is a dopamine kick. When you are winning in a game, you get a dopamine kick. If you are doing cocaine, you get the same kick.
INDCs have been put on the table, but the linkages between funding them and getting implementation going is still in the early stages. This is trying to kick-start that.
Challenging situations can be uncomfortable, particularly if they involve stepping out of your comfort zone to learn a new skill or kick-start a new venture. But those are the times that will carry you through future difficulties.
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Translations for KICK
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- skopAfrikaans
- رفسArabic
- puntada de peu, cop de peuCatalan, Valencian
- kop, kopnoutCzech
- cicioWelsh
- sparke, sparkDanish
- kicken, schießen, tretenGerman
- piedbatiEsperanto
- patada, coz, puntapié, patearSpanish
- لگد, لگد زدنPersian
- potkia, potku, potkaistaFinnish
- botter, kicker, coup de piedFrench
- breabScottish Gaelic
- בעט, בעיטה, העיףHebrew
- sparka út, sparka, spark, sparka út af, sparka íIcelandic
- piedata, calciare, calcio, colpo di piedeItalian
- 蹴るJapanese
- тебуKazakh
- 발 차기Korean
- لهقه, شهق, شهق لێدانKurdish
- conscindo calcibus, conscindo pedibus, conscindeo calcibusLatin
- ເຕະLao
- spirti, spyris, spardyti, spardytisLithuanian
- spert, spārdīt, spārdīties, spēriensLatvian
- ကန်Burmese
- sparkNorwegian
- stampen, schop, trap, stamp, trappen, schoppen, kickDutch
- sparkNorwegian Nynorsk
- sparke, sparkNorwegian
- wykop, kopać, kopnięciePolish
- chute, chutarPortuguese
- hayt'ayQuechua
- loviRomanian
- лягнуть, пинаться, пинок, лягать, пнуть, лягаться, пинатьRussian
- brcniti, brcaSlovene
- rahaSouthern Sotho
- spark, sparka, kickSwedish
- తాపు, తన్నుTelugu
- لاتUrdu
- đáVietnamese
- 踢Chinese
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